Sentences with phrase «u.s. electricity customers»

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jo Ann Emerson, whose organization members serve 12 % of U.S. electricity customers, endorsed the questions NERC raised.

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It acquired such companies as Edison Mission Energy and Alta Wind, making it one of the largest retail electricity providers in the U.S., and which had the added benefit of coming with over half a million new customers.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

Ninety - five percent of electricity customers would like to have detailed data about when and how they use power, but 20 percent are willing to pay for real - time information, according to the survey of 604 U.S. customers and 200 utility managers (Greenwire, March 9).

«eLab Ignite: Finding Value at the Distribution Edge» will convene corporate customers, innovators, utilities and other key industry stakeholders to address the challenges and opportunities arising from the convergence of increasing capability and affordability of distributed resources, climate change and the need for a more resilient U.S. electricity system.

The plant, scheduled to open in 2013, will provide the utility company with more solar electricity per customer than anywhere in the U.S. Gila Bend, a small town about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, is home to three similar facilities.